1856 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

none June 2025 September 2023 1856 United States presidential election in Wisconsin United States 1851 presidential no 1852 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1852 1860 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1860 November 4, 1856 x200px John Charles Fremont crop.jpg John C. Frémont Republican Party (United States) California William L. Dayton 5 66,092 55.07% James Buchanan (cropped).jpg James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge 0 52,867 44.05% 1856 United States presidential election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 315px County results Frémont #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Buchanan #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% President Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States) James Buchanan Democratic The 1856 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. John C. Frémont of the newly formed Republican Party won Wisconsin with 55% of the popular vote, winning the state's five electoral votes.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1856&fips=55&off=0&elect=0&f=0 1856 Presidential General Election Results - Wisconsin August 17, 2016 Due to a snowstorm, Wisconsin's five electors could not convene on the constitutionally-mandated date to cast their electoral votes. They instead met on a later date and cast five votes for Frémont for president and five votes for William L. Dayton for vice president. During the joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes, objections were raised that Wisconsin's votes were invalid because they had not been cast on the correct day. After a two-day debate in which the President of the Senate attempted to unilaterally count Wisconsin's votes in the face of objections from the joint session,Unilateral counting? March 2026 the matter was dropped because it was immaterial to the overall outcome of the election.Goldstein Joel 2023-03-01 The Ministerial Role of the President of the Senate in Counting Electoral Votes: A Post-January 6 Perspective https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1453&context=unh_lr live The University of New Hampshire Law Review 21 2 394 https://web.archive.org/web/20240817041103/https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1453&context=unh_lr 2024-08-17 2026-03-25https://takecareblog.com/blog/how-to-decide-a-very-close-election-for-presidential-electors-part-2 How to Decide a Very Close Election for Presidential Electors: Part 2 October 23, 2020 March 25, 2026 Take Care Rosin Michael https://web.archive.org/web/20201102221345/https://takecareblog.com/blog/how-to-decide-a-very-close-election-for-presidential-electors-part-2 November 2, 2020 live In 1856, a blizzard hit Madison, Wisconsin, which made it impossible for Wisconsin’s electors to meet on the required day. They cast their electoral votes the next day. Congress spent the better part of two days debating whether or not to accept the votes, but the debate ended without a conclusive resolution, since the state’s electoral votes would not swing the outcome. Harrow JasonKesavan Vasan June 1, 2002 Is the Electoral Count Act Unconstitutional? https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4003&context=nclr live North Carolina Law Review 80 5 1685-1687 https://web.archive.org/web/20190429192920/https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4003&context=nclr April 29, 2019 March 25, 2026 Fremont's victory was the first of nine consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Wisconsin would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Grover Cleveland in 1892. Results + General Election ResultsWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States at a General Election held in the Several Counties in the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday Succeeding the first Monday being the Fourth day of November 1856Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party John C. Frémont James H. Knowlton66,092 Republican Party John C. Frémont Edward D. Holton66,090 Republican Party John C. Frémont Walter D. McIndoe66,070 Republican Party John C. Frémont Billee Williams65,976 Republican Party John C. Frémont Gregor Menzel65,762 Democratic Party James Buchanan Otis Preston52,867 Democratic Party James Buchanan John Mitchell52,854 Democratic Party James Buchanan Henry M. Billings52,843 Democratic Party James Buchanan R. Schleisinger Weil52,736 Democratic Party James Buchanan John Fitzgerald52,635 American Party Millard Fillmore Richard Dart580 American Party Millard Fillmore Harrison Ludington579 American Party Millard Fillmore David A. Fairchild577 American Party Millard Fillmore Zeni Rounds576 American Party Millard Fillmore Robert Chandler573 Write-in Scattering469Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 120,008 Results by county County John C. FrémontRepublican James BuchananDemocratic Millard FillmoreAmerican ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votescastBased on highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # %Adams1,61773.30%58226.38%70.32%00.00%1,03546.92%2,206Bad Ax59666.52%23125.78%212.34%485.36%36540.74%896Brown49933.20%1,00466.80%00.00%00.00%-505-33.60%1,503Buffalo6829.31%16370.26%00.00%10.43%-95-40.95%232Calumet48653.52%41045.15%10.11%111.21%768.37%908Clark7366.36%3733.64%00.00%00.00%3632.73%110Columbia2,95270.27%1,24229.56%70.17%00.00%1,71040.70%4,201Crawfor51952.42%42943.33%10.10%414.14%909.09%990Dane3,99953.69%3,44346.23%60.08%00.00%5567.47%7,448Dodge3,45555.15%2,79544.61%150.24%00.00%66010.53%6,265Dunn39062.10%11918.95%00.00%119These votes appear to have been intended for Democratic elector Fitzgerald18.95%27143.15%628Fond du Lac3,29254.73%2,56442.63%250.42%134At least some of these votes appear to have been intended for Republican electors Williams and Menzel2.23%72812.10%6,015Grant2,80963.64%1,41932.15%1864.21%00.00%1,39031.49%4,414Green2,00464.17%1,08734.81%321.02%00.00%91729.36%3,123Iowa1,49749.93%1,47449.17%270.90%00.00%230.77%2,998Jackson30666.38%13729.72%61.30%122.60%16936.66%461Jefferson3,28948.87%3,43551.04%60.09%00.00%-146-2.17%6,730Kenosha1,50864.47%83135.53%00.00%00.00%67728.94%2,339Kewaunee8928.71%20666.45%51.61%103.23%-117-37.74%310La Crosse98763.55%54134.84%251.61%00.00%44628.72%1,553Lafayette1,41044.75%1,72254.65%190.60%00.00%-312-9.90%3,151Manitowoc1,17738.20%1,90461.80%00.00%00.00%-727-23.60%3,081Marathon26956.51%20743.49%00.00%00.00%6213.03%476Marquette2,51770.54%1,03228.92%190.53%00.00%1,48541.62%3,568Milwaukee2,79827.95%7,18771.80%250.25%00.00%-4,389-43.85%10,010Monroe72273.52%25425.87%60.61%00.00%46847.66%982Outagamie59742.98%75354.21%00.00%392.81%-156-11.23%1,389Ozaukee35915.01%2,03384.99%00.00%00.00%-1,674-69.98%2,392Pierce41477.97%10619.96%112.07%00.00%30858.00%531Polk9563.76%5436.24%00.00%00.00%4127.52%149Portage68064.52%36134.25%131.23%00.00%31930.27%1,054Racine2,29957.56%1,68942.29%60.15%00.00%61015.27%3,994Richland88264.24%45433.07%372.69%00.00%42831.17%1,373Rock4,70770.42%1,96429.38%100.15%30.04%2,74341.04%6,684Sauk2,01566.83%99332.94%40.13%30.10%1,02233.90%3,015Shawano6059.41%3433.66%00.00%76.93%2625.74%101Sheboygan1,89149.40%1,92250.21%150.39%00.00%-31-0.81%3,828St. Croix41762.33%25237.67%00.00%00.00%16524.66%669Trempealeau19080.85%4519.15%00.00%00.00%14561.70%235Walworth3,51872.45%1,29526.67%40.08%390.80%2,22345.78%4,856Washington81123.41%2,64676.36%70.20%10.03%-1,835-52.96%3,465Waukesha2,87558.63%2,02041.19%80.16%10.02%85517.43%4,904Waupaca63390.56%669.44%00.00%00.00%56781.12%699Waushara1,29285.39%21514.21%60.40%00.00%1,07771.18%1,513Winnebago2,76965.87%1,41533.66%200.48%00.00%1,35432.21%4,204Wood26073.24%9526.76%00.00%00.00%16546.48%355Total66,09255.07%52,86744.05%5800.48%4690.39%13,22511.02%120,008 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Bad Ax Calumet Columbia Crawford Dane Dodge Fond du Lac Grant Green Iowa La Crosse Marathon Marquette Portage Racine Rock Sauk St. Croix Waukesha Waushara Winnebago Counties that flipped from Whig to Republican Richland Waupaca Counties that flipped from Free Soil to Republican Kenosha Walworth See also United States presidential elections in Wisconsin Notes References Wisconsin Category:1856 Wisconsin elections 1856